Walter Catlett

Actor

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Also Known As

Walter L. Catlett

Birth Place

San Francisco, California, USA

Born

February 04, 1889

Died

November 14, 1960

Cause of Death

Stroke

Biography

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Walter Catlett was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Catlett's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the J Harold Murray adaptation "Married in Hollywood" (1929), "The Golden Calf" (1930) and "Let's Go Places" (1930). He also appeared in "Happy Days" (1930), the comedy "Platinum Blonde" (1931) with Loretta Young and "Maker of Men" (1931). His fil...

Filmography

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Happy Days (1930)

Beau James (1957)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Professor Quigley

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Father Takes the Air (1951)

Mayor George Colton

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

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Front Page, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) L For Listerine!

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It?

Biography

Walter Catlett was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Catlett's career in acting began with his roles in various films like the J Harold Murray adaptation "Married in Hollywood" (1929), "The Golden Calf" (1930) and "Let's Go Places" (1930). He also appeared in "Happy Days" (1930), the comedy "Platinum Blonde" (1931) with Loretta Young and "Maker of Men" (1931). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "Varsity Show" (1937), "Love Under Fire" (1937) and "Wake Up and Live" (1937) with Walter Winchell. He also appeared in "Love Is News" (1937). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the musical comedy "Star Spangled Rhythm" (1942) with Bing Crosby, "My Gal Sal" (1942) with Rita Hayworth and the biopic "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) with James Cagney. He also appeared in the Bob Hope comedy "They Got Me Covered" (1943) and the John Carroll musical "Hit Parade of 1943" (1943). Catlett last acted in the Bob Hope adventure "Beau James" (1957). Catlett passed away in November 1960 at the age of 71.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Happy Days (1930)

Cast (Feature Film)

Beau James (1957)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Professor Quigley

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Father Takes the Air (1951)

Mayor George Colton

Here Comes the Groom (1951)

Honeychile (1951)

Dancing in the Dark (1950)

Father Makes Good (1950)

Mayor [George] Colton

Father's Wild Game (1950)

Mayor [George] Colton

Look for the Silver Lining (1949)

The Inspector General (1949)

Leave It to Henry (1949)

Mayor George Colton

Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)

Mayor George Colton

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

Mr. Reckless (1948)

Are You with It? (1948)

Jason ["Pop"] Carter

I'll Be Yours (1947)

Riverboat Rhythm (1946)

Colonel Jeffrey "Smitty" Witherspoon

Slightly Scandalous (1946)

The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)

I Love a Bandleader (1945)

B. Templeton Jones

Up in Arms (1944)

Ghost Catchers (1944)

Colonel [Breckinridge Marshall]

3 Is a Family (1944)

Her Primitive Man (1944)

Lake Placid Serenade (1944)

Lady, Let's Dance! (1944)

Timber Applegate

Hi, Beautiful (1944)

[Gerald] Bisbee

Hat Check Honey (1944)

Pardon My Rhythm (1944)

Michael O'Bannon

My Gal Loves Music (1944)

Dr. [Artimist] Bilbo [also known as Peter Ford]

Star Spangled Rhythm (1943)

Himself, comic in "A Sweater, Sarong and a Peek-A-Boo Bang" number

Fired Wife (1943)

Justice of peace [Judge Allen]

The West Side Kid (1943)

His Butler's Sister (1943)

[Mortimer] Kalb

Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)

J. MacClellan Davis

Get Going (1943)

Cowboy in Manhattan (1943)

How's About It? (1943)

They Got Me Covered (1943)

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Theatre manager

Heart of the Golden West (1942)

Colonel Silas Popen

My Gal Sal (1942)

Colonel Truckee

Between Us Girls (1942)

Give Out, Sisters (1942)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

Syncopation (1942)

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

The Wild Man of Borneo (1941)

Manpower (1941)

Sing Another Chorus (1941)

Theodore Gateson

Horror Island (1941)

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)

You're the One (1941)

Program director

Honeymoon for Three (1941)

Hello Sucker (1941)

[G. Remington "Max"] Conway

Unfinished Business (1941)

It Started with Eve (1941)

Steel Against the Sky (1941)

Professor Sampson

The Quarterback (1940)

Spring Parade (1940)

Headwaiter [Pepi]

Remedy for Riches (1940)

Li'l Abner (1940)

Half a Sinner (1940)

Station attendant

Pop Always Pays (1940)

Pinocchio (1940)

Voice of J. Worthington Foulfellow, also known as "Honest John"

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)

Kid Nightingale (1939)

Exile Express (1939)

Every Day's a Holiday (1938)

Going Places (1938)

Franklin Dexter

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

[Constable] Slocum

On the Avenue (1937)

Sing Me a Love Song (1937)

Varsity Show (1937)

Professor Sylvester Biddle

Wake Up and Live (1937)

Love Is News (1937)

Danger - Love at Work (1937)

Love Under Fire (1937)

Four Days' Wonder (1937)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Follow Your Heart (1936)

We Went to College (1936)

Banjo on My Knee (1936)

Cain and Mabel (1936)

A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

Every Night at Eight (1935)

Master of ceremonies

The Affair of Susan (1935)

The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)

Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)

Unknown Blonde (1934)

Arizona to Broadway (1933)

Private Jones (1933)

Mama Loves Papa (1933)

Olsen's Big Moment (1933)

Robert Brewster III

Only Yesterday (1933)

Quartermaster Hal Bates

The Expert (1932)

Rockabye (1932)

Big City Blues (1932)

Cousin Gibboney

The Sport Parade (1932)

"Shifty" Morrison

It's Tough to Be Famous (1932)

Okay America (1932)

City editor "Lucille"

Cock of the Air (1932)

Colonel Benjamin Wallace

Back Street (1932)

Platinum Blonde (1931)

Maker of Men (1931)

The Front Page (1931)

The Golden Calf (1930)

Master of ceremonies

Let's Go Places (1930)

The Florodora Girl (1930)

The Big Party (1930)

Happy Days (1930)

Why Leave Home? (1929)

Married in Hollywood (1929)

The Music Master (1927)

Medicine show barker

Summer Bachelors (1926)

Second Youth (1924)

Writer (Feature Film)

Why Leave Home? (1929)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Pinocchio (1940)

Model for "J. Worthington Foulfellow"

Cast (Short)

Shoe Shine Boy (1943)

Alex in Wonderland (1940)

Life Events

Videos

Front Page, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) L For Listerine! The boys in the press room tangle then we meet editor Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou), hunting Hildy (Pat O'Brien, not seen), with some remarkable shots from director Lewis Milestone, early in The Front Page 1931, from the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Captain Hates The Sea, The (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Could I Slit Your Throat And Love It? We discover here that Fred Keating (as thief Danny) is actually in league with Helen Vinson (posing as Janet, a librarian) over the stolen bonds, Victor McLaglen the friendly private eye Schulte, Alison Skipworth as Mrs Magruder, buying drinks for Wynne Gibson as reformed party girl “Goldie,” John Wray her indignant husband, John Gilbert her ex-pal Steve, Walter Catlett the barkeep Joe, in The Captain Hates The Sea, 1934.

My Gal Sal (1942) -- (Movie Clip) We Thought You Were A Turkey Traveling minstrel Paul (Victor Mature) gets blamed for the scam run by a con man he just met, later rescued by Carole Landis as showgirl Mae, introduced in a manner usually reserved for leading ladies (in this instance Rita Hayworth, coming soon) early in My Gal Sal, 1942.

Front Page, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Cherchez Le Femme! Blinding plot speed as Hildy (Pat O'Brien), who really is hiding the escaped killer, deals with future mother-in-law (Effie Ellser), hooker/martyr Molly (Mae Clark) and his editor Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou) in Lewis Milestone's The Front Page, 1931.

Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Go Get 'Em Quaker! Lured into the wrestling exhibition at their Indiana county fair, Quakers Caleb (John Smith) and Josh (Anthony Perkins), whose parents Jess (Gary Cooper) and Eliza (Dorothy McGuire) come to the rescue, in William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion, 1956.

It Started With Eve (1941) -- (Movie Clip) When I Sing Aspiring singer Anne (Deanna Durbin), who's been asked to pose as the future daughter-in-law of suddenly recovering tycoon Reynolds (Charles Laughton), has found out he's connected in the New York classical music scene, Walter Catlett his befuddled doctor, in It Started With Eve, 1941.

Rain (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Shy Kentucky Refugee In American Samoa at the inn run by Horn (Guy Kibbee), Sadie (Joan Crawford), who is all-but identified as a prostitute, gets friendly with marines (William Gargan, et al), Bates (Walter Catlett) and less so with Mrs. Davidson (Beulah Bondi), wife of the reformer, in Rain, 1932, from the Somerset Maugham story.

Bringing Up Baby - (Re-issue Trailer) A madcap heiress (Katharine Hepburn) upsets the staid existence of a straitlaced scientist (Cary Grant) in Howard Hawks' classic screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby (1938).

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